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Jonathan Tonkin
PeerJ Editor & Author
680 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Preprint Author 210
Editor 200

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Ecology
Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Ecohydrology
Freshwater Biology
Ecosystem Science
Zoology
Climate Change Biology
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Natural Resource Management
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Biogeochemistry
Environmental Impacts

Jonathan D Tonkin

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

My research is focused around what promotes and maintains biodiversity at a range of spatial scales. Much of my work focuses on stream ecosystems, but my interests are question focused, not system specific. While my central interest lies in disentangling the mechanisms that structure metacommunities, I also tackle questions ranging from local to global, and from community ecology through to macroecology. I focus on a variety of basic ecological concepts and processes, including linkages between disturbance, productivity and diversity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem function, dispersal, and community assembly. I also aim to tackle applied ecological issues such as global change, land-use change, river regulation, and restoration, with the goal of applying ecological theory to effectively manage threatened ecosystems. My current research ties these issues together into the following three main themes: 1) Metacommunity ecology; 2) Global change ecology and macroecology; and 3) Restoration ecology. In light of these three themes, I am particularly focusing on the unique hierarchical and dendritic structure of river networks, and how this structure influences the biodiversity patterns of river communities.

Biodiversity Biogeography Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Entomology Environmental Sciences Freshwater Biology Natural Resource Management Zoology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Oregon State University

Work details

Postdoctoral Scholar

Oregon State University
Department of Integrative Biology

Websites

  • Personal website
  • Researchgate
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 5
  • Edited 2
May 25, 2018
Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?
Jonathan D. Tonkin, Russell G. Death, Timo Muotka, Anna Astorga, David A. Lytle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4898 PubMed 29844999
June 26, 2014
Drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in unmodified streams
Jonathan D. Tonkin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.465 PubMed 25024926
August 24, 2017 - Version: 2
Three-dimensional range shifts in biodiversity driven by recent global warming
Peter Haase, Fengqing Li, Andrea Sundermann, Armin Lorenz, Jonathan Tonkin, Stefan Stoll
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1034v2
June 28, 2016 - Version: 1
Response of fish species to river restoration – the role of species traits
Stefanie Höckendorff, Jonathan D Tonkin, Peter Haase, Margret Bunzel-Drüke, Olaf Zimball, Matthias Scharf, Stefan Stoll
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2173v1
May 5, 2015 - Version: 1
Context dependency in biodiversity patterns of stream metacommunities
Jonathan D Tonkin, Jani Heino, Andrea Sundermann, Peter Haase, Sonja C Jähnig
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1040v1
May 1, 2015 - Version: 1
Variable elements of metacommunity structure across an aquatic-terrestrial ecotone
Jonathan D Tonkin, Stefan Stoll, Sonja C Jähnig, Peter Haase
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1026v1
January 16, 2015 - Version: 1
Anthropogenic stress alters community concordance at the river-riparian interface
Jonathan D Tonkin, Stefan Stoll, Sonja C Jähnig, Peter Haase
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.798v1

Academic Editor on

February 14, 2018
Catchment land use predicts benthic vegetation in small estuaries
Perran L.M. Cook, Fiona Y. Warry, Paul Reich, Ralph Mac Nally, Ryan J. Woodland
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4378 PubMed 29473004
January 8, 2018
Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4228 PubMed 29333347